MARK OF DANIEL COUROU, ARNHEM, DATE-LETTER F CIRCA 1775; THREE EARLIER NOZZLES STRUCK WITH MAKER'S MARK ONLY OF MARTINUS VAN STAPELE, THE HAGUE, ONE WITH DATE-LETTER 1768; ONE NOZZLE APPARENTLY UNMARKED

Details

A rare set of four Dutch silver candlesticks
Mark of Daniel Courou, Arnhem, date-letter F circa 1775; three earlier nozzles struck with maker's mark only of Martinus van Stapele, The Hague, one with date-letter 1768; one nozzle apparently unmarked
Each on a shaped spirally fluted high-domed and scroll base rising to a knobbed and baluster partly fluted and scroll stem with conforming socket, earlier detachable fluted leaf-shaped nozzles, marked on base and nozzles
23.7 cm. high
2798 gr. (4)

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Lot Essay

For an example of the mark see: Catalogue of the exhibition, Catalogus van Zilverwerken Gemeentemuseum Arnhem, Nijmegen 1958, no. 45, p. 92.

The four candlesticks are from a set of six, the other two were made by Jan Willem Burgers, The Hague, 1772 (private Parisian collection). The present four Arnhem sticks were presumably copied later from the Burgers pair by Daniel Courou.

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